Maraschino cream cake
Maraschino cream cake recipe in the cake category
Recipe ingredients:
- 6 eggs
- 2/3 cup plus 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
- 2 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract, divided
- 1 1/2 cups flour, sifted twice
- 1 cup maraschino cherry syrup, from a large bottle of cherries
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- 2 cups heavy cream, whipped
- Maraschino cherries for decoration
Recipe method:
- Fill bottom of double boiler with water. Bring to a boil. Remove from heat.
- Combine eggs, the 2/3 cup sugar and 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract in top of the double boiler.
- Beat over hot water for 3 to 4 minutes.
- Remove top of double boiler from the heat and continue to whip for 8 minutes on high speed.
- Fold in the flour.
- Pour into a greased and floured 10 inch baking pan.
- Bake for 35 to 40 minutes at 350 degrees F. Cool.
- Slice the cake into 3 thin layers.
- Sprinkle with maraschino cherry syrup flavored with the almond extract.
- Cover each layer with whipped cream flavored with the 1 tablespoon sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract.
- Decorate the top of the cake with whipped cream and whole cherries.
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